Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with bassist Martin Mendez of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the U.K. installment of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 8-10, 2011 at Knebworth House. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is professionally filmed performance footage from Sonisphere. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Kaaos TV conducted a video interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL at the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival on July 2, 2011 at Kalasatama in Helsinki. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Fan-filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT‘s performance at the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival on July 2, 2011 at Kalasatama in Helsinki can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
According to SofiaEcho.com, the Bulgarian edition of the Sonisphere festival has been officially cancelled
“Due to reasons outside Balkan Entertainment‘s control and at the instruction of the license-holder for Sonisphere in Bulgaria, the Sonisphere Bulgaria 2011 festival, planned for June 21, 2011 at the National Hippodrome in Bankya, is cancelled,” promoters Balkan Entertainment said in a statement.
On June 9 one of Sonisphere Bulgaria’s two headliners, SLIPKNOT, said that the promoters cancelled the show, an allegation that Balkan Entertainment denied. SLIPKNOT then announced a special headline show at Columbiahalle in Berlin on the same date when Sonisphere Bulgaria was to be held, June 21.
Balkan Entertainment‘s Petar Petrov told Z-Rock radio station that the promoters were unpleasantly surprised by the news and that the company did not cancel SLIPKNOT‘s gig.
Read more from SofiaEcho.com. Source: Blabbermouth.net
SLIPKNOT, IN FLAMES, MASTODON, OPETH, SONATA ARCTICA and STAM1NA are the first confirmed bands for the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place July 2, 2011 at Kalasatama in Helsinki.
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A severe thunderstorm hit Sonisphere festival in Pori, Finland last August. Strong gusts of freak wind damaged the stages and knocked down tents and fences. Around 40 people were injured, two of them seriously, and received treatment in hospital. The second stage was damaged beyond repair and to guarantee the safety of the audience, artists and crew the authorities closed the stage. The storm damaged MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s equipment, forcing the band’s show to be cancelled. IGGY POP did play, performing an acoustic four-track set on the main stage, while the Sonisphere crew worked hard behind the scenes to dry everything out and make repairs to damage across the site.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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